RE: lynx-dev Compiling GZIP on an Alpha with DEC C

[Deborah S. Kerner]

Thanks, Scott!  I did find GZIP.EXE at the gatekeeper FTP site (under 
/pub/Alpha/apps).  

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From:   Scott Sibert[SMTP:address@hidden
Sent:   Thursday, June 17, 1999 2:43 PM
To:     Deborah S. Kerner
Subject:        RE: lynx-dev Compiling GZIP on an Alpha with DEC C

Hi Debbie.

>From what it appeared, the file referenced by gatekeeper.dec.com is an
executable version of gzip.  Does this not help any?

--Scott

On Thu, 17 Jun 1999, Deborah S. Kerner wrote:

> Scott,
> 
> I have tried that version.  The MAKE files all try to use the VAX C 
> run-time libraries; substituting the DEC C run-time libraries produces some 
> serious-looking errors during the link operation.
> 
> Thanks anyway!
> 
> Debbie
> 
> 
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> From:         Scott Sibert[SMTP:address@hidden
> Sent:         Thursday, June 17, 1999 2:22 PM
> To:   Deborah S. Kerner
> Subject:      Re: lynx-dev Compiling GZIP on an Alpha with DEC C
> 
> Hi Debbie.
> 
> According to gatekeeper.dec.com:
> 
> A VMS executable is available in
> ftp.spc.edu:[.macro32.savesets]gzip-1-*.zip
> (use [.macro32]unzip.exe to extract).
> 
> --Scott
> 
> On Thu, 17 Jun 1999, Deborah S. Kerner wrote:
> 
> > Hello,
> >
> > I am trying to install Lynx on an Alpha server running OpenVMS 7.1.  The
> > Lynx documentation indicates that I first need to download and install
> > gzip.  I tried that but found that it would not compile properly using 
> DEC
> > C, even after I replaced a reference to SYS$LIBRARY:VAXCRTL.EXE with
> > SYS$LIBRARY:DECC$CRTL.EXE.  I also downloaded a copy of GNU C (gcc), but 
> it
> > also looks for the VAX C (instead of the DEC C) run time library.
> >
> > Does Lynx absolutely require the installation of gzip, and if so, where
> > might I find a copy that will compile using DEC C?
> >
> > Debbie Kerner
> > Technology Services
> > Cleveland Municipal School District
> > 216-361-3328
> >
> >
> 
>